GLIBC-2.3.4 on FC2?
Michael Schwendt
fedora at wir-sind-cool.org
Tue Mar 22 19:29:20 UTC 2005
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:45:30 -0600, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 11:58:34AM -0500, Harding, Devon wrote:
> > I'm trying to install a few rpms that require glibc-2.3.4. The latest
> > update on FC2 is 2.3.3. Can you use the updates for FC3
> > (glibc-2.3.4-2.fc3.i386.rpm) on FC2 or would I have to upgrade my RH
> > version?
>
> NEVER install a glibc on any platform for which it was not intended.
> The normal approach to installing packages that require a newer platform
> is to take the source rpm and rebuild it. Most of the time (if the
> differences aren't too great), this will give you a good installable
> package.
Also make sure you install the package for the right architecture and not
just grab the i386 one when you most likely want the i686 glibc instead.
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